‘Christmas with the Campbells’ is an off-color romantic comedy

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Brittany Snow stars as Jesse in the new holiday film Christmas with the Campbells.  This is a nice holiday story wrapped up with some raunchy language and inferences. At the heart of the tale is, of course, the love of Christmas and family.

When Jesse’s long-time boyfriend Shawn (Alex Moffat), a narcissistic sex-crazed creep, breaks up with her right before her favorite holiday of Christmas, she is devastated. She had been planning on spending the holiday with his family the Campbells in Ketchum, Idaho. She loves it there and has spent many holidays with the Campbells. So, when Mrs. Campbell (Julia Duffy) insists she comes anyway, she takes her up on the offer. After all, Shawn is not scheduled to be there this year, so why not enjoy the holiday with those she loves, even though they are not her own family?

Jesse meets Shawn’s cousin David (Justin Long) who is the opposite of Shawn. They are like night and day. While Shawn is only into himself and his own wants and needs, David is a kind, caring, and helpful man.

This being a holiday story, there is obviously a happy ending. Getting from point A to point B is the crux of the tale. As mentioned earlier, this is a raunchy movie from the mind of Vince Vaughn. So, off the bat you know it’s going to be a little off-color and not for young viewers.

Christmas with the Campbells has a cute cast. George Wendt and JoAnna Garcia Swisher costar in this story that is a bit American Pie combined with Bad Santa wrapped up in a rom com. The saving grace of the film is the delightful Brittany Snow. It opens in theaters and begins streaming on AMC+ December 2, 2022.

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